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Released
  
1968

Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (1967)
  
The Phantom (1968)

Producer
  
Duke Pearson

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
42:23 original LP

Release date
  
1968

Label
  
Blue Note Records

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Recorded
  
December 15, 1967 (#1-9) December 3, 1968 (#10-15) Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Artists
  
Duke Pearson, The Duke Pearson Big Band

Similar
  
Duke Pearson albums, Jazz albums

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Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band is the eleventh album by American pianist and arranger Duke Pearson featuring big band performances recorded in 1967 and released on the Blue Note label. The album was rereleased with six bonus tracks from Now Hear This, Pearson's 1968 big band recording, on a single CD in 1998.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awarded the album 4 stars stating, "Duke Pearson returned to a big band setting for Now Hear This!, once again proving his agility and inventiveness as an arranger and leader... Even if much of this music is beautiful, Pearson's arrangements take chances and are unconventional, which means it rewards close listening as well".

Track listing

All compositions by Duke Pearson except as indicated
  1. "Ground Hog" - 3:06
  2. "New Girl" - 6:04
  3. "Bedouin" - 5:27
  4. "Straight Up and Down" (Chick Corea) - 6:59
  5. "Ready When You Are C.B." - 2:56
  6. "New Time Shuffle" (Joe Sample) - 5:36
  7. "Mississippi Dip" - 2:35
  8. "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) - 5:29
  9. "Time After Time" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:11

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Disapproachment" (Frank Foster) - 5:49
  2. "Tones for Joan's Bones" (Corea) - 5:33
  3. "Minor League" - 6:37
  4. "Here's That Rainy Day" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:26
  5. "Make It Good" - 4:41
  6. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) - 6:01

Personnel

  • Duke Pearson - piano, arranger (tracks 1-9 & 11-15)
  • Jim Bossy (tracks 10-15), Randy Brecker, Burt Collins, Joe Shepley, Marvin Stamm - trumpet
  • Garnett Brown, Jimmy Cleveland (tracks 10-15), Benny Powell, Julian Priester (tracks 1-9) - trombone
  • Kenny Rupp - bass trombone
  • Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone, flute, piccolo
  • Al Gibbons - alto saxophone, flute, bass clarinet
  • Lew Tabackin - tenor saxophone
  • Frank Foster - tenor saxophone, arranger (track 10)
  • Pepper Adams - baritone saxophone, clarinet
  • Bob Cranshaw - bass
  • Mickey Roker - drums

    • Songs

    1Ground Hog3:00
    2New Girl6:04
    3Bedouin5:20

    References

    Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band Wikipedia
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